CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1761, 14 August 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

London, August 11. v On the dismissal of Midwinter r. Palmer joined Blackham. The latter continued to show good form, and had c run up a well-played 31 when he was s given out leg-before wicket. Spofforth, who followed, was bowled when hehad v made 4, and Boyle, the last man'an ;i succumbed after scoring a single, i Palmer carried out his bat for 11. The £ most successful bowlers for England were Barnes, who, took two wickets 1 for 80 runs, and Hon, A Lyttelton i four for 20, The other four wickets, however, 1 cost' over 40& runs, the j 'various bowlers' who were' tried; being < played with freedom by McDonnell, ] Scott, and Murdoch, ' ' < After the usual interval, the Eng- i lishnien commenced their first innings,.' Dr W, G. Grace and Scotten being ; sent, in to face the bowling; The < Gloucestershire champion had scored 1 19, when he was out, Barnes followed : and, with Scotten, succeeded in making i a temporary stand. Barnes, however, was caught, after contributing 19. and stumps were drawn for the day; ; [ Scotten being not out with 21 to his , credit, and the score standing at two i wickets for 71. Following is full score:— .-. .Austbaluks.—First Innings, J Bannerman, caught i 1 MoDonnell, caught ... ... 103 ' Murdoch, caught ~. ..,211 ■ Scott, caught 102 5 Giffen, caught 32 i Bonnor, caught 0 ) Midwinter, caught ... .„ 130 ; Blackham, lbw ..; 31 I Palmer, not out ... . '.,. 8 ). Spofforth, bowled 4 3 Boyle, caught 1 , Extraß 17 'A Total ... ... ...la! , • AfeENQUNP.-Firsfc Innings, J ' DrW.G, Grace, run out „. 19 r Scotton, not out 21 j Barnes, caught 19 Total for two wickets, with 3 extras... .., ,„ 71 t t Melbourne, August i 3. t Sailed, this atternoon Union f steamship Manapouri, for the Bluff., Lonpoh, August 13, i A terrible thunderstorm passed over! 1 Scotland yesterday, Much damage . was done to property in the path of the , storm, and several persons w,ere a killed by lightning, Lord Lauderdale, who was out shooting during'-the 3 storm was struck by lightning; '■ and t nqw lies in a precarious condition, i Messrs Murray, Roberts, grid Co, ' have received the following cablegram ? from their London house,. Messrs r Sanderson, Murray, and Co,:—" Lont don, 12th August. Crossbred ado vanced to 5 per cent. For other descriptions market is firm.